Anchoring device for railroad-rolling-stock bumpers.



M. D. BENNETT. ANCHORING DEVlCE FOR RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK BUMPERS.

APPIJC'ATION man mu. 1. 1919.

Patented Apr. 8,1919.

UNITED .STATES oF cE. If '1 MAnviN n. BENNETTQOF sinner, New YORK.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARVIN D. BENNETT,

aritizen of the United States, residing at Sidney, in the county of DelawareandState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anchoring Devices for Railroad-Rolling-Stock Bumpers, of which the following is aspecification.

- This invention relates to improvements in anchoring means for use in securingrailroad rolling stock bumpers to the tracks or adjacent the tracks in a manner such as will materially add to the durability and prac ticability of a bumpersecured therewith; preventing distortion or fracture ofi the bumper or parts of the bumper and also, preventing distortion of the rails of av railroad track, should the bumper be connected thereto, as is often the case.

Another and equally important object of the invention is to provide a form of anchoring means which will successfully withstand and render harmless impacts of-considerable force by evenly diffusing the stress incurred thereby throughout the structure of the device.

Other objects will be in part obvious and Having more particularreference to the drawings, in connection with which like reference characters will designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 7- represents the spaced rails of a railroad track. the samebeing arranged on longitu' dinally disposed stringers 1, which stringers as will be understood are arranged on a-suit able ballast or'bed, common in'this'art.

Spanning the spaced rails 1' is a transversely disposed tie 2, secured at its opposite ends to adjacent portions of the longi tudinal stringers l passing bolts 3 or simi-j lar connecting devices therethrough. "This transverse tie 2 serves to receive the rolling Specification of Letters' l Eateht.

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stoelr bumper'designatedlinits entirety by the numeral-e thereon, thebumper'ofcourse 7 being provided with a suitable form'of-stand or other support which is in turn connected tothead] acent portions-of the tie2 by bolts or similar fastening devices,

A second ti 5' is' provided'andis arranged forwardly of and in spaced relation to. the

, tie 2, the same spanning the rails r and being arranged "in parallelism to the tie 2. Bolts .or their equivalents .6 may be andprefer ably. are. passed through the oppositeend portions of the tie 5 into engagement with adjacent portions ofthe longitudinal stringers. .1 thus effecting positive connection between these three elements. It however,

will be noted in this connection, that instead of being arranged over the stringers 1, as is the case with the tie2, the tie 5 is ar ranged adjacent the under sides of 'the" stringers 1 and by consequence, afi'ords a de K f'sirable form of bracing means capableof connection with the bumper 4 arranged on the tie 2-; it of coursebeing understood that the impacts upon the bumper 4 will have the stressincurred thereby transmitted in part to the tie 5 and from where such part ofthe stress will be evenly diifused through the tie 5 and the stringers 1 in a manner to prevent distortion of the rails 1 or dis-l 'tortion or other injury to thetie 5 and the stringers 1. g Y

"Passing vertically through the adjacent portions ofthe tie 5 and the stringers 1 are the offset end portions of bracing connections 7 the free ends of the offset end portions of these connections, being screwthreaded and receiving suitable forms of bearing platesSthereover, whereupon nuts 9 or their equivalents are turned into enga gement with said screwthreaded ends. The braces 7 extend substantially upward into engagement with the bumper proper through any. suitable form of connection.

For the purpose ofconvenience. however, I have shown these 'C'OYU'IBCtlOIlS as being passed through diagonally dlsposed apertured lugs generally carried on the sides of the bumper housing. In this connection, although, it will be borne in mind that the particular form of anchoring means is not limited for 'use' upon any one particular design or make of bumper, butin fact, may

be used on all-types of bumpers construct ed along-theselines, such as conditions or preference ma dictate; Obviously, by'rea son of the connection of the bumper proper with the forwardly disposed tie 5 through the medium of the connections 7, a very desirable and effectual form of bracing means will be provided; a bracing means which will prevent distortion or other injury to the active parts of the device as well as to the rails 1" such as might be caused by upward pulls resulting fromthe stress incurred by impacts of rolling stock with the bumper, the active lements of the anchoring means being so positioned with relation to each other as to effectually brace the construction throughout and cause the even diffusion of'stress therethrough. The connection of the stand or support of the bumper 4 with the tie 2 is also such as will serve to prevent undue movement of the stringers.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable modification and such modification as is within the scope of my claims, I consider within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A bumper anchoring means including in combination with the rails of a track, a longitudinally disposed base means arranged under portions of said rails; a transverse tie spanning the rails and connected at its op posite end'portions to portions of the base means and positioned adjacent the upper sides of the base means, said tie serving to receive the bumper thereon, a second transverse tie spanning the rails and arranged adjacent the lower faces of the base means and connected to said base means, and bracing connections extending from said last mentioned tie upwardly into engagement with the bumper.

2. A bumper anchoring means comprising in combination with the rails of a track, longitudinal stringers arranged under portions of said rails, a transverse tie spanning the rails and arranged adjacent the upper sides of the ties and connected thereto, said tie receiving the bumper thereon, and a second tie disposed transversely of the rails and arranged adjacent the lower faces of said stringers and connected thereto, said second tie being arranged forwardly of the first tie, and bracing rodsengaged at their lower ends with the forwardly disposed tie and extending diagonally upward into engagement with the bumper.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature hereto.

MARVIN D. BENNETT.

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